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December 20, 2007
Spilyay Tyrnoo, Warm Springs,’ Oregon
A Look at the News of2007
The bubbly 19-year-old Sallie
Polk-Adams is no stranger in the
Warm Springs Community.
She’s worked and volun
teered locally over the years, and
now Polk-Adams will be repre
senting the community in a new
way as Miss Warm Springs
2007.
Sallie Polk-Adams
Close to 200,000 salmon fry
arrived last week at the Warm
Springs National Fish Hatchery.
The juvenile fish replace some
of those lost during a recent ac
cident at the hatchery that killed
%bout 500,000 of the fry. In
other January news:
Associate Deputy Secretary
o f the Interior James Ca'son
toured the Cascade Locks tribal
casino site with officials of the
Confederated Tribes. The group
was also planning to tour the
tribal property at Hood River.
Elsewhere:
Construction was set to'be
gin this month on the new build
ing that will house thè Warm
Springs Tribal Credit Enterprise.
The 9,200-square-foot building
will be located on the vacant
field west of the Administration
Building.
i The Round Butte Dam is on
its way to some major improve
ments—-but not without a little
heavy construction and a long
term plan for restoring fish
populations. The tribes and Port
land General Electric are
partnering to complete a project
that will include a new fish pas
sage facility as part of the Round
Butte Dam Selective Water
Withdrawal project.
; It’s a project that has been in
the works for approximately 20
years, according to Michael
Gauvin, the tribes’ fisheries
management supervisor. Mean
while:
The Museum at Warm
Springs Fifth Annual Honor
Dinner has named W Richard
West Jr., executive director of
the National Museum of the
American Indian, as winner of
this year’s Twanat Award. The
museum named Wasco Chief
Nelson Wallulatum, and the late
Warren R. Clements as recipi
ents of the Museum At Warm
Springs Lifetime Achievement
awards.
news:
Eagle Tech Systems hosted
the grand opening of its tech
nology center. The center in
cludes computers available to
the public, and a cafe. And this
news:
Not many Would expect to
find a direct connection between
a small Warm Springs factory
and various countries in Asia,
Europe and the Middle East.
But that is exactly what has been
developed through Warm
Springs Composite Products.
The successful company pro
duces fireproofing material
made of tectonite along with
other product lines that are
growing steadily—creating a
unique opportunity for export
ing. In the last year alone, the
export market revenue increased
from 10 percent to 26 percent.
Elsewhere:
;' At its recent meeting on gov
ernance, Tribal Council consid
ered a proposal to form three
committees out of its own mem
bers. The proposal aims to im
prove governing practices by en
couraging Council to adopt rules
and ensure that its members and
top tribal officials comjply with
them.
S p ilya y photo
staff at Fire Management.
Warm Springs Fire Manage
ment recently received the an
nual “Outstanding Unit Award”
from the Northwest Interagency
Coordination Center. In other
March news:
Tribal Council set April 2 as
the date of the Tribal Council
election. Elsewhere:
The Grand Ronde tribe is
seeking to amend the 1988 Co
lumbia River Gorge National
Scenic Area Act to insert the
Grand Ronde tribe in land man
agement decisions in the Scenic
Area.
SouTjcces in Oregon and
Washington, D^C. have con
firmed that Grand Ronde* has
proposed an amendment to the
law that would include the
Grand Ronde tribe in the defi
nition of .“Indian Tribes” that
have rights and interests in the
Gorge.
March
Celilo Village this month
hosted events commemorating
thé 50 year anniversary of the
flooding of Celilo Falls. About
1,000 people attended the two-
day commemoration. In other
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Such an amendment would
g^ve Grand Ronde consultation
rights regarding how the Colum
bia Gorgé Commission and the
Û.S. Agriculture Secretary carry
out their management respon
sibilities under tfie Gorge Act.
Currendy, the Gorge Act rec
ognizes the Warm Springs,
Yakatna, Umatilla arid Nez
Perce tribes as having rights arid
interests in the Gorge. This en
titles these tribes to a voice in
management of the Natiofial
Scenic Area.
These rights are off-reserva
tion 1855 Treaty fishing, hunt
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certain interest? in land within
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Yakama,for example, own thou
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February
Celilo Village announced
plans to host a two-day com
memoration of CeUlo Falls. The
events will begin on Saturday,
March 10, the 50-year anniver
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falls by The Dalles dam. Events
continue through. Sunday,
March 11. In other February
In March, tribal canoes arrive
at Celilo Village, during the
events commemorating the
50 year anniversary of the
flooding of Celilo Falls.
About 1,000 people showed
up for the events, which
lasted two days, Saturday
and Sunday, March 10-11.
Events were at the park, and
at Celilo Village, where the
new longhouse was the
scene of commemorative
ceremonies. Celilo Falls was
located eight miles upriver
from The Dalles dam, and
was flooded on March 10,
1957, ending the tribal
fisheries site that had existed
since time immemorial.
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